★ Very rare and historic ★

INVASION COINAGE: Galerius as Caesar (293-305), AE follis, issued c. 294-296. Continental mint (Lyons or Boulogne?), 8.16g, 27.5mm. Very rare (only 2 examples on acsearch.)
Obv: C VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C; Laureate, truncated, bare neck bust right.
Rev: GENIO POPV–LI ROMANI; Genius standing, facing left, head surmounted by a modius, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left arm.
RIC VI 17b (Lugdunum).
Earliest obverse legend for Galerius.
From the James Pickering Romano-Britannic Collection (please see lot 122 for details); ex maridvnvm collection.
See lot 125 for historical context.